Mass Communication: media studies concentration

The Media Studies Area of Concentration is designed to help students become more sensitive to the relationship between media and culture. Building on the Department Core, the concentration provides specialized training in introductory to advanced media literacy techniques and in the salient concepts of mass communication theory.

Courses in media analysis allow students to examine media texts, from print advertisements to feature films, from television series to Internet-based content. These media texts are analyzed for production elements, genre conventions and subtexts.

Courses in cultural studies afford students an opportunity to place these analysis results into the contexts of gender, race, class and other cultural-ideological constructions.

Students enjoy a wide range of classes in Media Studies. All course work in Media Studies typically contains a research component and allows for the practice and perfection of scholarly writing techniques; collaborative learning and a high level of instructor-student interaction are integral to all course designs. Through oral and audio-visual presentations of research results, Media Studies courses also provide ample opportunities for the practice of public speaking and acquired media production skills.

The area of concentration Media Studies is open to all Department majors without prerequisites and welcomes students from other majors and disciplines, in particular Advertising, American Studies, Education, Graphic Communication, and Women's Studies.

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View the Collegeat Rindge academic catalog for specific degree requirements and course information.

Contact

Franklin Pierce University
College at Rindge
1.800.437.0048
admissions@franklinpierce.edu

FACULTY

Phyllis Zrzavy
Professor of Mass Communication
B.S., B.Phil., M.Ed., Miami University
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
zrzavyps@franklinpierce.edu

Associate Professor

Richard Roth
Associate Professor of Mass Communication
B.S., State University of New York, Brockport
M.A., University of Pittsburgh
M.S., Syracuse University
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
rothr@franklinpierce.edu

Assistant Professors

Paul Bush
Assistant Professor of Mass Communication
B.A., Bucknell University
M.A., Vermont College of Norwich University
M.F.A., Goddard College
bushpd@franklinpierce.edu

Heather Weibel Tullio
Assistant Professor of Mass Communication
B.A., Wesleyan University
M.A., University of Iowa
M.F.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst
tullioh@franklinpierce.edu

Lecturers

Joe Castiglione
Lecturer, Mass Communication
Distinguished Fellow, M.A., Syracuse University
castigj@franklinpierce.edu

Melissa Cooperman
Lecturer, Mass Communication
B.A., University of Minnesota
M.F.A., New York University
coopermanm@franklinpierce.edu

Leslie Kozaczek
Lecturer, Individual and Community, Mass Communication
B.A., Franklin Pierce University
M.A., Dartmouth College
kozaczekl@franklinpierce.edu

Kristen D. Nevious
B.S., Valparaiso University
M.S., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
neviousk@franklinpierce.edu

Jim O'Connell
Lecturer, Mass Communication
B.A., University of New Hampshire
M.A., Emerson College
oconnellj@franklinpierce.edu

Ukumbwa Sauti
Lecturer, Mass Communication
B.A., Rochester Institute of Technology
M.Ed., Cambridge College
sautiu@franklinpierce.edu

Blake Wood
Lecturer of Mass Communication
Germaine School of Photography, Franklin Institute
woodb@franklinpierce.edu

Jason Zenor
Lecturer, Mass Communication
B.A., Utica College of Syracuse University
M.A., Syracuse University
zenorj@franklinpierce.edu